Cullman Hospital Receives National Attention for Use of New Technologies

Cullman Regional Medical Center (CRMC) attracted national attention recently when its staff combined best practices healthcare with advanced technology to improve discharge communications...Read More  



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Cullman Hospital Receives National Attention for Use of New Technologies
Cullman Hospital Receives National Attention for Use of New Technologies
Cullman Regional Medical Center (CRMC) attracted national attention recently when its staff combined best practices healthcare with advanced technology to improve discharge communications...
 
Accreditation in Health Care Specialties Provides Benefits to Entire Organization
Accreditation in Health Care Specialties Provides Benefits to Entire Organization
The ability to demonstrate a commitment to excellence and strengthen consumer confidence is a plus for any business. That is also true for health care organizations. Accreditation in health care specialties shows patients that practitioners and facilities meet all requirements and are appropriately qualified to provide services...
 
Colorectal Clinic Offers Children Life-Changing Treatment
Colorectal Clinic Offers Children Life-Changing Treatment
Children with congenital or chronic colorectal conditions now have a place to go for specialized treatment with the recent opening of the state’s first Pediatric Colorectal Clinic at Children’s of Alabama...
 
Dermatology Focus

To Biopsy, Or Not To Biopsy?
To Biopsy, Or Not To Biopsy?
  Every hour, melanoma takes a life. The deadliest of skin cancers is increasing in incidence, and with the popularity of sunbathing and indoor tanning, more young people are among the 130,000 new cases diagnosed in the US each year...

 
Pulmonary Focus

New Emphysema Procedure Provides Safer Treatment Option
New Emphysema Procedure Provides Safer Treatment Option
An investigational therapy for emphysema that uses foam sealant sprayed into the lungs has been tested for the first time in the United States on a patient at UAB...
 
New Navigational Aid Can Prevent Unnecessary Lung Surgery
New Navigational Aid Can Prevent Unnecessary Lung Surgery
A new navigational aid is transforming traditional bronchoscopy into a high-tech outpatient procedure and is helping physicians to better diagnose and treat difficult-to-reach lesions in the lungs. Potential uses for Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy® (ENB)TM include biopsy...
 
Healthcare Spotlight

Helathcare Spotlight: Dr. Robert Record’s Medicine and Ministry
Helathcare Spotlight: Dr. Robert Record’s Medicine and Ministry
Growing up on a pine tree farm on the outskirts of Clinton, Louisiana (population 2000), Robert Record, MD, felt called to be a pastor. When applying to Rhodes College, he wrote that he wanted to become an inner-city doctor, serving the poor...
 
Guest Writers

CON Law Amendments Clarify Review Required for Change of Ownership Transactions
On May 7, 2013, the Alabama legislature amended key provisions of Alabama Certificate of Need (CON) Laws (Sections 22-21-260, 22-21-263 and 22-21-270, Code of Alabama 1975) and Governor Robert Bentley has signed the amendments into law...
 
The Literary Examiner

Throughout your life, you’ve dodged a lot of bullets.

By accident or design, you were in the wrong place at the wrong time but somehow remained unscathed: the almost-hazard while driving, the near-miss at work, the moment you caught yourself just in time from falling...


 
Photosensitivity: Variants, Diagnosis and Treatment Methods
Most everyone will be out enjoying the sun during the next several months, and patients taking medication should beware of photosensitivity. Photosensitivity is a seasonal occurrence, and there are two varieties of this reaction, including phototoxicity and photoallergy...
 
FODMAP Can Help With IBS
A significant portion of my gastroenterology practice involves treating patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Treating these patients can prove challenging because there are subsets that respond differently to various treatments, likely reflecting the different proposed...
 

Many Young Americans Unaware They're Infected With HIV
Title: Many Young Americans Unaware They're Infected With HIV
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT

Junk Food Ads May Help Drive Obesity in Hispanic Kids, Study Suggests
Title: Junk Food Ads May Help Drive Obesity in Hispanic Kids, Study Suggests
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT

Kids With Autism May Find Human Voice Unpleasant
Title: Kids With Autism May Find Human Voice Unpleasant
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT

Red Meat Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
Title: Red Meat Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT

Saturated Fat May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Alzheimer's
Title: Saturated Fat May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Alzheimer's
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT

Hot Weather Takes Toll on Farmworkers: Study
Title: Hot Weather Takes Toll on Farmworkers: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 6:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT


Family practice: Birmingham couple sees two kids take home Ivy League med ... - al.com

Family practice: Birmingham couple sees two kids take home Ivy League med ...
al.com
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The apple may not fall too far from the tree, but there aren't many families in Birmingham with three Ivy League doctors. Clifton Latting has spent the last 30 years as a physician serving indigent communities in Birmingham. On ...

Posted Monday, June 3, 2013 5:25 pm CDT

EHE International Certifies Inverness Family Medicine, LLC as its newest partner - PR Newswire (press release)

EHE International Certifies Inverness Family Medicine, LLC as its newest partner
PR Newswire (press release)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EHE International, a nationally recognized leader in preventive medicine and annual physical exams, today announced that Inverness Family Medicine, LLC in Birmingham, AL has been named ...

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Posted Wednesday, June 5, 2013 8:01 am CDT

Two New Doctors Join Mesa View Hospital Staff - Mesquite Citizen Journal

Two New Doctors Join Mesa View Hospital Staff
Mesquite Citizen Journal
After completing his residency, Dr. McGee enhanced his experience and completed his fellowship in Sports Medicine at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. Caption: Roddy McGee, D.O joined the Mesa View Regional Hospital as ...

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Posted Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:40 am CDT